SWEET PEACE.. FOR ANOTHER MONDAY THAT THE LORD HAS MADE..

RECONCILIATION and renewal. Peace and harmony. These images of peace that God inspired through the prophet Isaiah have captured the imagination of millions for more than 2,500 years. Writers and artists have been motivated to create their own portrayals of the scene based on these symbols. Some have founded their interpretations on the child and all seven animals mentioned by Isaiah. Most artistic re-creations of this vision contrast the lion and the lamb. A close reading of Isaiah 11:6 will reveal that linking the lion and the lamb is an artistic liberty. Isaiah pairs the wolf and the lamb, and the young lion and the fatling. But the lion and the lamb is a dramatic picture. The intimidating, conquering, invincible lion living peacefully with his prey, the innocent, helpless, pastoral lamb. And both lion and lamb are symbols used throughout the Bible. God continually inspired Isaiah and the other Hebrew prophets with visions of a new age when righteousness and justice would triumph over sin and inequity. The prophets dreamed of a time when the deserts would flower, when weapons for killing would become tools for farming, when the crooked would be made straight and the rough places smooth. The prophets employed beautiful word pictures to depict a time of peace and brotherhood. Mountains and valleys levelled, tears wiped away, children playing in the streets. Of all these portraits, the lion and the lamb remains the most enduring and captivating. It illustrates a coming time of salvation so complete that only a miraculous change in the natural order could describe it. An age and time when the most ferocious and the most vulnerable coexist. But, as appealing and endearing as this vision of God's kingdom is, Isaiah 11:6 does far more than point us to a future world that is merely one big petting zoo. YouTube - AMAZING LOVE
New International Version (©1984) Isaiah 11:6 The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them.
The Grand Design of Redemption But the prophecy of Isaiah is only half complete. Jesus Christ will complete the picture of Isaiah 11 when he returns. The first stage of our return to God was accomplished through Jesus, who was God-man ---- fully God and fully man. Christians who accept and believe in the Lamb of God experience the new life in Christ. And living in Christ means that we accept his as our Lord and Master. Jesus is both Saviour and our Lord. And the combined image of a Lion and a Lamb that Isaiah was inspired to see is what fills us with vision and hope for a time of reconciliation for all humanity. As Saviour Lord, Jesus not only enables redemption and reconciliation, he perfectly represents and fulfills the symbolic Lion and Lamb. The Lion/Lamb will then completely transform human ideas of peace. His rule will be characterised by justice, by serenity, by knowledge, by innocence, by healing, by purity, by pastoral scenes of unparalleled beauty. Human implements of war and aggression will be transformed into ploughshares. And the lion will dwell with the lamb (and the wolf, leopard, goat, calf and yearling) and they will be led by a little child. The record of history should convince us that humans do not know the way to peace. We do not know the way back to God. It is only through Jesus Christ that we can be reconciled to God. We must come to Jesus in faith and belief, accepting his as our Lion and as our Lamb. He is 'the way and the truth and the life' (John 14:6). by Greg Albrecht
King James 2000 Bible (©2003) Isaiah 11:6
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
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"Everything is Beautiful II" Sung by: Ray Stevens - YouTube OH ARE WE FOREVER THANKFUL FOR THE TIME GOD HAS GIVEN US TOGETHER.. THANK YOU GOD FOR THE PAST 41+ YEARS, AND THE NEXT 41+YEARS.. AND ETERNITY.. THANK YOU FOR HELPING US TO LIVE HAPPILY TOGETHER AND FOR OUR LOVE, PATIENCE, KINDNESS, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY.. THANK YOU TOO FOR OUR HOME AND JOBS AND EVERYTHING YOU HAVE BROUGHT INTO OUR LIVES.. WE LOVE YOU AND GIVE YOU THE LOVE, PRAISE, HONOR, GLORY AND THANKS, IN JESUS HOLY NAME, AMEN. ========================================================
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I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD THE OLD SAYING.. THAT IF MARCH COMES IN LIKE A LION, IT WILL GO OUT LIKE A LAMB... "OR" IF IT COMES IN LIKE A LAMB, IT WILL GO OUT LIKE A LION (SEEMS LIKE THAT JUST MIGHT HAPPEN, AS FAR AS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING GOES) .... I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE WARM WEATHER WE'VE BEEN HAVING.. BUT, I GUESS I'LL TURN THE HEAT BACK ON TONIGHT... but maybe off again before I go to work, or as soon as I get home..

You are The Potter and I am the clay - YouTube PRAYING FOR YOU AND YOURS TONIGHT AND NIGHTLY.. SPECIAL PRAYERS FOR JAKE AND FRANCES TOO.. PRAYERS FOR MRS TERRY AND HER UPCOMING SURGERY.. PRAYERS FOR LILY AND HER RECOVERY FROM SURGERY.. PRAYING FOR EVAN AND ALL THE CHILDREN WITH EB, CANCER AND EVERY OTHER DREADFUL DISEASES.. AND THEIR FAMILIES...PRAYING FOR EVERYONE WITH NASTY OLE CANCER.. SUCH A DREADFUL THING.. GOD COMFORT, HEAL AND BLESS EACH AND GRANT INNER PEACE TO THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CAREGIVERS.. PRAYING FOR EVERYONE NEEDING A JOB AND (OR) THE WANT AND WILL TO WORK! UNSPOKEN PRAYERS FOR JENNA AND BETTY JO AND HER FAMILY.. PRAYING FOR OUR COUNTRY AND GOD'S GUIDANCE UPON IT.. PRAYING FOR ALL OF OUR SOLDIERS AND THEIR SAFE AND QUICK RETURN HOME AND THEIR PEACE OF MINDS AND SOULS AND THAT OF THEIR FAMILIES.. PRAYING FOR CHRIS AND ALL THE TRAVELING HE HAS TO DO FOR WORK... PRAYING FOR ALL THE "UNSPOKEN REQUEST, AND NEEDS" .. (and asking that you'll pray with us about ours) PRAYING ALSO FOR THE FOLKS AT "THE RETIREMENT HOME" MANY ARE REPORTED TO HAVE A NASTY VIRUS!.. PRAYING TOO FOR ALL THE CHANGES COMING ABOUT AT THE RETIREMENT HOME (as of today) HOPEFULLY THEY WILL BE FOR THE BEST FOR THE WORKERS, AND THE RESIDENTS.. "GOD BLESS" AND THANKING GOD FOR ALL HIS GOODNESS, HIS LOVE, GRACE, MERCIES, GUIDANCE, AND BLESSINGS.. THANK YOU GOD IN ALL THINGS IN JESUS HOLY NAME, AMEN..

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